DIALOG:
What is A Mind at Play?
- A Mind at Play A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age is a biography of Claude Shannon, an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
- When was it written?
- The biography was written by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman, and published by Simon & Schuster in 2017.
- Did the author write anything else?
- " A Mind at Play" is the second biography co-authored by Soni and Goodman, the first being a biography of Cato entitled "Rome's Last Citizen".
- What inspired the author to write about Claude Shannon?
- In an interview with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Soni explained that part of the reason he wrote "A Mind at Play" was that he was drawn to Shannon's personality and wanted to read a biography about him, but "it turned out there wasn’t one." Shannon was born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1916 and grew up in Gaylord, Michigan.
- What is he famous for?
- He is well known for founding digital circuit design theory in 1937, when—as a 21-year-old master's degree student at MIT—he wrote his thesis demonstrating that electrical applications of Boolean algebra could construct any logical numerical relationship.
- What else did he accomplish?
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Next turn: In 1948, Shannon published his most influential work, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", in which he is considered to have founded the field of information theory and paved the way for the feasibility of mobile phones, the development of the Internet and many other technological applications. " A Mind at Play" chronicles these events in Shannon's life as well as his interactions with his peers at the time including Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, Vannevar Bush, John von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, Leonard Kleinrock, Irwin M. Jacobs, Lawrence Roberts, Thomas Kailath, Steve Jobs and others.


Problem: What could be the response? DIALOG:
What was the relationship between the Laterza culture and Rinaldone culture?
- In the , a site in northern Lazio attributed to the Rinaldone culture, a jug of Laterza type was discovered.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- Laterza type decorations are also present in the ceramics of other localities of Central Italy, for example at Maddalena di Muccia in Marche.
- What were the differences between the two cultures?
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A: In , on the periphery of Rome, a tomb was discovered which contained three different styles of pottery: Gaudo, Rinaldone and Laterza.


QUESTION: Write another turn of this conversation. DIALOG:
In September 2003, the last passenger train ran on the Walsall to Wolverhampton line.
- However the line remains open for freight trains, and the section between Wolverhampton and Darlaston Junction continues to be used by certain trains between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and will also be used as a diversionary route when the West Coast Main Line is closed for engineering works.
- Is there anything else interesting about the article?
- Between 2008–2011 this section was also used by the now defunct Wrexham & Shropshire passenger services to London.
- Are they planning to re-open it?
- The full service was withdrawn on 13 December 2008, although there is still a 'Parliamentary train' – initially, one train per day ran directly from Walsall to Wolverhampton on weekdays, leaving Walsall at 19:36, but this was replaced in the 19 May 2013 timetable by a Saturdays-only train from Wolverhampton to Walsall leaving Wolverhampton at 06:38.
- Any other services?
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ANS: Centro still have ambitions to reinstate the service and reopen stations at and Portobello, but its plans have been put on hold until the next West Midlands franchise award is made in 2016-17.


question: Write a response. DIALOG:
Who was the winner of the 1895 Chicago mayoral election?
- 1895 Chicago mayoral election In the Chicago mayoral election of 1895 Republican George Bell Swift was elected, winning a majority of the vote and defeating Democratic nominee Frank Wenter by more than a twenty point margin.
- Was there anything else interesting about this election?
- Swift had previously served as acting mayor of Chicago in 1893, following the assassination of Carter Harrison Sr.
- Did anyone else serve as mayor during this time?
- Incumbent mayor Hopkins did not seek reelection.
- Did Wenter or Swift serve as mayor?
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response: During the campaign, speeches held by Democratic candidate Wenter attracted large and enthusiastic crowds.


Q: See the conversation. DIALOG:
What does AD mean?
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Next: Anno Domini The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.


Read the dialog and predict the next turn. DIALOG:
What were the main concerns raised by Apisai Tora?
- He said the release raised unspecified "national security" concerns, and also questioned the timing, which coincided with the discovery that Fijian agents, former Military personnel, had been involved in illegally arming and training a militia on the island of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea.
- Did he voice any other concerns?
- Such revelations showed that "undercurrents" of the 2000 events were still alive, he asserted.
- Was there any backlash to his concerns?
- Opposition Leader Mahendra Chaudhry, however, defended the release.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
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Chaudhry, one of Tora's fiercest adversaries, said he accepted that Tora was in poor health and should be released on compassionate grounds.